Billy Boydalduya writes: On April 25 an organization called Invisible Children held an event in 100 cities in 10 countries called The Rescue. The goal is to get the child soldiers kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda rescued. As such the event involved people “abducting” themselves and waiting to be “rescued” by a mogul (a politician or celebrity) endorsing the cause. Billy Boyd was the rescuer in Edinburgh. There’s a video of his speech here and more information can be found at http://www.invisiblechildren.com and http://nightof.therescue.invisiblechildren.com.

During my association with TheOneRing.net I have often felt very fortunate to know great people and be in great places. Sometimes I have been lucky enough to have my camera along.

Out of that vast TORn photo library that includes digital images, and old scratched negitives, I put a few images together with some music from Arjan Kiel, (with thanks to fan film ‘Born of Hope,’) to pay tribute to the whole community of TheOneRing.net.

Click on the small triangle to play and to see the best fullscreen version, click on the box at the far right.

Happy, happy birthday to TheOneRing.net!! TheOneRing.net domain name was created exactly 10 years ago today and what an awesome journey it’s been. We can’t thank the founders (pictured below) enough, except to christen this day as “Founders Day” and to continue to celebrate on every Anniversary (who doesn’t love a good party).

A reminder, the celebration on our message boards is still going strong, with many fun activities and many well wishes from our VIP friends. So please join us. Here’s to ten more wonderful years!!

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Aria writes: I noticed that you guys haven’t put anything down about the Sean Astin coming to the CalgaryExpo next Saturday and Sunday, so I thought I should inform you. So for any of you Canadian Ringers out there that live in or near Calgary, Alberta (like me!) who want to see Sean Astin and some other really cool guests, I suggest you come, it’ll be great! (P.S. don’t forget to wear a costume to show you’re love for LOTR!). calgaryexpo.com

We really haven’t said much about Karl Urban in Star Trek. He plays Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy, and based on some reviews, he plays him well.

Take a look at this scary as heck ‘Trek Yourself’ feature..enjoy!

Continue reading “Beam Me Up…Bones!”